Experiences of resettled Iraqi and Syrian refugee young people and families with a mental health triage and assessment service.

ABSTRACT: The Refugee Access Service (RAS) is a triage, assessment and referral service established in Melbourne, Australia to ensure timely and appropriate mental health support for young refugees. This qualitative study sought to explore the experiences of young people aged 12-25 years, and their families, newly arrived from Iraq and Syria, who had contact with the RAS, for the purposes of further programme development. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with participants, either individually or in family groups. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes. Four key themes were identified. These were that mental health help-seeking of newly arrived young people and families is influenced by cultural norms; that trauma, grief and loss influence mental health service needs; that settlement

SUBMITTER: King AJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12171029 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature